What did you do in the garden today?

[WthrLady]

The cou

A quick yet educational read on Jerusalem artichokes / sunchokes: https://joybileefarm.com/grow-sunchokes/

I am going to have to rearrange a few things in the garden plan to dedicate a raised bed to the sunchokes inn the back of the garden. I guess the zucchini well get moved to the ground somewhere and the parsnips in with onions, garlic, carrots and celery. Perhaps I'll actually move the celery to the herb bed and just replace its current pane location with the parsnips... That should do the trick.

Anybody have a perrenial pollinator garden? I don't mind planting a few annual flowers, but I would really like to plant perennial flowers all along the garden feve as a decorative border that would double as a pollinator garden. Any ideas? Also, I would love a perennial that dryers rabbits if such a plant exists. I could mix it in with the pollinator perennials to protect them and the rest of the garden from the rabbits.

Yes, or well I did until I mowed it under to replant, we had a prairie rat problem in that area. I get my starts there from https://www.prairiemoon.com/ they have whole lists of gardens by what you want from them. You can, of course, take that list and start from grocery store/hardware store seeds. Don't forget perennial seeds are finicky to start, and take two years plus to even bloom.

 

[Acre4Me]

Seed catalogs that arrived today:

Prairie Moon

John Scheepers Kitchen Garden seeds

Burpee

never ordered from the JSKGS catalog (above), but the catalogue has hand drawn pics instead of photos. It is 63 pages. They have usual categories (flowers, veg, herbs) but also “custom habitat flower gardens”. Including beveficial insect, bumblebee, hummingbird, songbird,
butterfly, and pollinator.

Prarie Moon is “native seeds and plants”. No veg.

 

[igorsMistress]

I actually want them to come back every year. I just don't want them to spread beyond their boundaries. My raised needs are 2ft tall and 4ftx8ft surrounded by a mulched walking path. I think the 2ft depth should contain the tubers without them getting under the wall of the bed. If seeds fall into the surrounding area from the flowers, they'll be landed in 2-3 inches of mulch and hopefully not take root. If they do, I should be able to weed them before tubers form under the mulch.

They spread by tubers so the seeds shouldn’t be an issue. They’re delicious in soups and stews.

 

[BReeder!]

The cou

Yes, or well I did until I mowed it under to replant, we had a prairie rat problem in that area. I get my starts there from https://www.prairiemoon.com/ they have whole lists of gardens by what you want from them. You can, of course, take that list and start from grocery store/hardware store seeds. Don't forget perennial seeds are finicky to start, and take two years plus to even bloom.

Prairie Moon has a great selection. Thanks for the recommendation.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Not a seed shop your right .. Might want to watch a bit too as a few are invasive in some states check before you buy

 

[jerryse]

So I use to try something new to me every year . I found chickory to be a weed I had been trying to eradicate and common on roadsides . Salisfy a roadside weed , parsnips also . I have wild hops nearby . So much I did not know .

 

[WthrLady]

So I use to try something new to me every year . I found chickory to be a weed I had been trying to eradicate and common on roadsides . Salisfy a roadside weed , parsnips also . I have wild hops nearby . So much I did not know .

It's only a weed if it's where you don't want it to be. Chickory is a decent coffee substitute and tossed into salads. Same with Salsify, the roots can actually be used as a potato substitute. We actually look for it in the hayfields and transplant it so I don't have to look so far and wide for it. LOL.

 

[igorsMistress]

So I use to try something new to me every year . I found chickory to be a weed I had been trying to eradicate and common on roadsides . Salisfy a roadside weed , parsnips also . I have wild hops nearby . So much I did not know .

I didn’t know those are all roadside weeds. I mean, probably not here but still interesting to know. Thanks for sharing. Those horrible things that give you stickers in your bicycle tires are supposed to contain something good for your heart. I can’t remember where I read that, an herbal from somewhere I’m sure.

 

[igorsMistress]

Well guys, I did nothing outside today except feed and water the ducks and uncover the potted seeds. I set my alarm for 0400 to make sure I get up to do the watering in the morning.

 

[BReeder!]

So I use to try something new to me every year . I found chickory to be a weed I had been trying to eradicate and common on roadsides . Salisfy a roadside weed , parsnips also . I have wild hops nearby . So much I did not know .

Parsnips growing on the roadside? I wish.